Notwithstanding that bid management is a juggling act . . . a game where you have to keep all your plates spinning (as well as everybody else’s) at all times, the key to success is to apply your focus – at any given time – to only one or two tasks.
At first blush that advice appears counterintuitive. But the trick is, whatever you choose to focus on, make that focus laser-like.
If you do this, each task or sub-task will be completed more quickly, with greater ease, and to a higher standard, than if you’re chasing around in a variety of different directions and working with a raft of competing priorities.
If you spread your energy across too many activities and your mind across too many thought processes at the same time, your productivity will drop dramatically and you’ll feel constantly frazzled.
You might find these articles useful. (They’re also in the Bid Management section of Pursuits Academy):
‘The 11 Stages of Competent & Comprehensive
Pre-Probity Bid Management’
‘The 13 Stages of Competent & Comprehensive
Post-EOI/RFP/RFT-Release Bid Management’
